Search this site
Categories
- Bectu Agreements (6)
- Bullying and Harassment (18)
- Sexual harassment (11)
- Copyright & Intellectual Property (12)
- Personal data (3)
- Coronavirus (56)
- Culture policy (11)
- Economics (67)
- Employment (30)
- Environment & Sustainability (4)
- Housing costs (3)
- Inflation (14)
- Productivity (20)
- Employment Law and Rights (61)
- Employment Contracts (10)
- Employment intermediaries (10)
- Employment status (9)
- Family rights (8)
- Gig economy workers (19)
- Illness and disability (3)
- Migration & working abroad (5)
- Whistleblowing (3)
- Equality (53)
- Disability equality (11)
- Diversity of representation (16)
- Gender equality (11)
- Gender pay (9)
- Gender representation (13)
- Race equality (10)
- Wealth inequality (11)
- Equipment and kit (3)
- EU & Brexit (36)
- Film & TV industry data (68)
- Factual & Entertainment sector data (23)
- Feature film data (34)
- High End TV data (47)
- Skills & capacity (28)
- Film & TV industry policy (116)
- Animation & VFX (3)
- BBC (25)
- Copyright and piracy (1)
- News programmes (1)
- Outside broadcast (2)
- Post-production (3)
- Public Service Broadcasting (53)
- Quotas (31)
- Regulation (41)
- Sports rights and broadcasting (2)
- SVoD (40)
- Tax incentives (22)
- UK studios (12)
- Freelance working (61)
- Freelancer rights (30)
- Personal Service Companies (11)
- Health & Safety (99)
- Child protection and safeguarding (3)
- Coronavirus (35)
- Long hours (28)
- Mental Health (21)
- Occupational Health (2)
- Remote working (14)
- Safe working practices (19)
- Safe working standards (10)
- The working environment (2)
- Wellbeing (33)
- Work-life balance (23)
- Workplace conflict (21)
- Management (24)
- Organising Skills (13)
- Ownership & Control (10)
- Pay & inflation (16)
- Pensions (11)
- Politics (11)
- Labour Party (5)
- The Conservative Party (3)
- Radio (1)
- Tax (50)
- ESM4118 (9)
- IR35 (25)
- Loan arrangements (1)
- National Insurance Contributions (NICs) (8)
- VAT (2)
- Theatre and Live Events data (25)
- Trades Unions (23)
- Uncategorized (5)
- Wages and Pay-rates (21)
- Low pay (17)
- Minimum wage rates (7)
- Welfare and benefits (18)
- CJRS & SEISS (7)
- Workplaces (11)
Tags
- Audiovisual Media Services
- BBC
- Bectu branch activity
- Bectu branch websites
- Channel 4
- Channel 4 privatisation
- Cinema/Theatrical release
- Coronavirus
- Cultural diversity
- Cultural Tests
- Disney
- European Audiovisual Observatory
- Expenses
- Eyes Half Shut
- France
- Holiday pay
- Housing costs
- Housing market
- Housing rents
- Hybrid working
- IATSE
- Investment Quotas
- IR35
- Long hours working
- Media Ownership
- Media sector consolidation
- Minimum Wage
- Netflix
- Ofcom
- Pensions
- Quotas
- Remote working
- Resolution Foundation
- Self-employment
- Sexual harassment
- SVOD
- Theatre and Live Events sector
- The Freelance Deal
- Touring visas
- TUC
- TV Without Frontiers (TVWF)
- UK Studio Watch
- Umbrella Companies
- Vaccination
- Working from home
-
Recent posts
- Bectu enagement with external Health & Safety structures
- National Living Wage will rise to £9.50 an hour
- Drivers particularly badly hit by soaring costs
- Busy industry = unsafe industry?
- Devaluing arts education
- Halyna Hutchins – the latest film set tragedy
- Bluffer’s guide: Cabotage
- IATSE briefs members on the proposed deal
- Piracy of films is still a thing
- UK radio to get ‘discoverability’ boost on smart speakers
- General sense of wellbeing fell during the pandemic
- Comprehensive European figures on women’s representation in TV drama
- Public Service Broadcasting – contestable funds under threat?
- Netflix global strategy on films
- IATSE update – strike averted – members consider a deal
- Visa-free short-term touring allowed in 20 EU countries
- Flexible working – Arup explore the seven-day week
- Protecting mental health in the workplace – TUC webinar
- UK commissioned productions losing crew talent to streamers
- Energy bills to rise by 50% between 2020 and 2022
- Bectu: “Do Nothing To Undermine The IATSE Action,”
- Vaccinated or a negative CoViD test – new guidance in Wales
- More on freelance pensions
- Yet another big streamer eyes European markets
- BBC Studios Appoints Tom Fussell as CEO
- What is happening to self-employment in the UK
- French cultural policy
- IATSE ramps up the pressure: a deal – or a strike on Monday!
- Basic income for artists and art-workers – Irish trial
- Self employed workers using their own home as a workplace
- There’s a lot of job-switching going on
- Got a pay claim coming up? Want advice on inflation, and stuff like that?
- Directors Guild of America approach to diversity
- “The tightest labour market in modern times”
- How often do Freelancers need to opt out of the pension scheme with a regular employer?
- Women leaving the theatre sector after the pandemic?
- Shift-working and disrupted patterns of rest – a research round-up
- Why unions matter – the economic argument
- Vaccination mandates
- How you can support IATSE
About us
BECTU branch & member group websites
- Animation and VFX Branch
- Bectu London Production Division (LPD)
- Camera Branch
- Costume & Wardrobe
- Grips Branch
- Hair Makeup and Prosthetics Branch (LPD)
- JIGS – Joint Industry Grading Scheme (Riggers / SFX / Grips)
- Sound Branch
- Sparks Branch – Bectu Lighting Electricians
- The Rough Assembly – post production and facilities branch
- Theatre Freelancers Branch
Behaviours and mental health
Co-ops and employee ownership
Copyright and Intellectual Property
Coronavirus guidance
Economics
Employment Law
Entertainment sector news
Equalities
- Autistic Self Advocacy Network
- Beacon Films
- BFI Press Reset – disability equality
- Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
- Living Income campaign (NEF)
- Share My Telly Job
- Sir Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity
- Sphinx Theatre
- The Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film
- UK Disability Arts Alliance
Federation of Entertainment Unions
Health & Safety
Industry data
- Ampere Analysis
- BARB – British Audience Research Board
- BFI industry data
- BFI Statistical Yearbook
- Creative Industries Council
- Creative Industries Federation
- Creative Wales
- EU Audiovisual Observatory
- Film industry tax relief
- Institute for Screen Industries Research
- Internatioal Confederation of Arthouse Cinemas (CICAE)
- Raising Films
- Screen Industries Growth Network (Uni of York)
- Screenskills info & resources
- Standard Industrial Classification Codes (SIC codes)
- Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
- TV Watercooler
Industry employment agencies & intermediaries
Info & advice
Pensions and Investment
Self Employment
Tax and accounting
Think Tanks & thinking
- Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
- Autonomy
- Brave New Europe
- Coalition for the Diversity of Cultural Expressions
- Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (Nesta)
- Creative Workforce Pledge
- Dark Matter Labs
- Employee Benefits
- Engage Britain
- Federal Trust
- Institute for Employment Studies
- Law & Policy Blog
- LSE blogs
- Matthew Taylor blog
- Media Reform Coalition
- More in Common
- Next Wave Futures
- Oliver & Ohlbaum
- ONS Employment & Labour Market stats
- openDemocracy
- Persuasion
- Persuasion
- Practical Ethics
- PWC Future of Work
- Resolution Foundation
- Royal Society of the Arts
- Social Market Foundation
- The Democratic Society
- The Good Corporation
- The Work Foundation
- UK Coalition for Cultural Diversity (UKCCD)
- Will Davies
Trade Associations & Guilds
- Advertising Producers Assoc. (APA)
- Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (US)
- Animation UK
- Association of British Insurers
- Association of British Theatre Technicians (ABTT)
- British Film Commission (BFC)
- British Film Editors
- British Film Institute (BFI)
- Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals
- Incorporated Society of British Advertisers
- Incorporated Society of Musicians
- Institute of Chartered Accountants (Eng & Wales)
- IPSE – The Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed
- National Rigging Advisory Group
- Parents and Carers in Performing Arts
- Personal Managers Association
- Plaza – entertainment technology
- Royal Television Society (RTS)
- Screenskills
- Telly Mums Network (facebook group)
- The Alliance of Associations and Professionals in Theatre & Live Events
- The Production Guild
- TUC blogs
- UK Crowd Management Association (UKCMA)
- UK Screen Alliance
Training & development resources
Archive
- October 2021 (55)
- September 2021 (74)
- August 2021 (66)
- July 2021 (89)
- June 2021 (65)
- May 2021 (61)
- April 2021 (6)
-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
- Busy industry = unsafe industry? | Bectu Freelance Research on Plaza guide warns of ‘skills fade’ in safety-critical live events roles
- Halyna Hutchins – the latest film set tragedy | Bectu Freelance Research on “No-one should die for a shot.” Mark Milsome update
- UK radio to get ‘discoverability’ boost on smart speakers | Bectu Freelance Research on Regulation and Policy related to audiovisual works – an overview.
- Netflix global strategy on films | Bectu Freelance Research on Is UK audiovisual content about to hit a perfect storm?
- Public Service Broadcasting – contestable funds under threat? | Bectu Freelance Research on BBC & Channel 4’s contribution to the UK economy
Tag Archives: Working from home
Self employed workers using their own home as a workplace
This is an issue where I’d normally point members to Tax for Freelancers (the Bectu tax guide) but I do find that TaxAid often explains things very well – here’s their account of this issue.
Homeworking will help improve women’s careers
The option to work from home is likely to help employers retain valuable workers, and can make the balance of work and childcare a lot easier to manage. It is likely to result in more ‘returners’ after periods of maternity … Continue reading
Mental health and Covid19
There are many barometers of mental health that can be correlated with what is happening in the wider world, so it would not be appropriate to conclude that “the lockdown has generally, on balance, been good for the mental health … Continue reading
Posted in Coronavirus, Coronavirus, Remote working, Wellbeing, Work-life balance
Tagged Hybrid working, Mental health, Suicide, Wellbeing, Working from home
Leave a comment
Post-pandemic working foregrounds poor management and outdated hierarchies
A couple of pieces from the FT recently highlighting the spotlight that has fallen on the quality of management in the UK. The first one [£] takes ministers to task for their (possibly unfounded, or even downright wrong) complaints about … Continue reading
44% of British employees want some form of hybrid working
Via Labour Research’s ‘Fact Service’, 44% of British employees want some form of hybrid working. From the Employee Benefits website… “The Health wealth and happiness study conducted by insurance business LifeSearch asked people about their ideal working set up. It … Continue reading
Posted in Remote working, Wellbeing, Work-life balance
Tagged Hybrid working, Working from home
Leave a comment
More on the non-commute dividend
There’s a useful piece in the FT [£] about how losing the commute is increasing social capital for workers here along with the reset it is causing for the allocation of domestic duties (admittedly, the article tends to focus on … Continue reading
Posted in Long hours, Wellbeing, Work-life balance
Tagged Commuting, WFH, Working from home
Leave a comment
‘Work from home’ tax relief
Employees who have worked from home during the pandemic but are now returning to offices can still claim tax relief on household expenses for this tax year. HMRC is actually pushing information out about this, specifically targeting people who worked … Continue reading
Posted in Coronavirus, Tax, Welfare and benefits
Tagged Hybrid working, Remote working, Working from home
Leave a comment
Working from home (WFH) and productivity
A useful summary, here. This largely looks at the question from the point of view of the economy as a whole. “The individual firms’ decision to shift their workers to WFH could result in aggregate productivity gains only if workers … Continue reading
Posted in Coronavirus, Management, Productivity, Remote working, Workplaces
Tagged Hybrid working, Remote working, Working from home
Leave a comment
Return to the office working
There really is going to be a row about this… everywhere. Don’t make me go back to hard pants five days a week https://t.co/yMIIiIbojr | opinion — Financial Times (@FT) June 6, 2021 White collar workers are much more able … Continue reading
Posted in Coronavirus, Remote working, Workplace conflict, Workplaces
Tagged Working from home
Leave a comment
Home-working during the Covid19 pandemic
A useful roundup of the ONS data from The Guardian: “….some staff were more likely to work from home than others in a reflection of the uneven impact and experiences of the health emergency across the UK – with much … Continue reading
Posted in Coronavirus, Remote working, Workplaces
Tagged Coronavirus, Remote working, Working from home
Leave a comment
New research on hybrid working and the right to disconnect
New polling highlights workers’ experiences of lockdown and their views on the future of work. 37% of workers would prefer to be mostly, or completely, office-based 24% want to work mostly, or completely, from home About 40% hope for a … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Safety, Trades Unions, Workplaces
Tagged Hybrid working, Right to disconnect, Working from home
Leave a comment